
This connects Claude to Blockchair's multi-chain block explorer API, covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Monero, and a dozen other chains. You get five tools: pull chain-wide stats, query blocks by hash or height, look up transaction details, check address balances with recent activity, and inspect node software status. It runs through Pipeworx's gateway with no API key required on the free tier. Useful when you need to inspect on-chain data across multiple blockchains without managing separate explorer APIs or authentication. The gateway also supports plain English queries through ask_pipeworx if you want to skip manual tool calls.
Blockchair MCP — multi-chain block explorer (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, BCH, Doge, Dash, ZEC, XRP, Stellar, Monero, Cardano, EOS, …). Free tier keyless (~30 req/min).
Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1476+ live data sources.
stats(chain) — chain-wide stats (height, hashrate, supply, …)block(chain, hash_or_height) — block detailstransaction(chain, txid) — transaction detailsaddress(chain, address) — address dashboardnode(chain) — node software statschain is one of: bitcoin, bitcoin-cash, litecoin, bitcoin-sv, dogecoin, dash, groestlcoin, zcash, ecash, ethereum, mixin, monero, stellar, ripple, cardano, eos.
https://api.blockchair.com/<chain>/
Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):
{
"mcpServers": {
"blockchair": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/blockchair/mcp"
}
}
}
tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/blockchair/mcp returns the tools in the table
above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx,
discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the
gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a
single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the
pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and
is the authoritative answer for a given day.
This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a
scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via
ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a
second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without
them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth,
connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.
Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
}
}
}
Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1476+ data sources. The
only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx
reaches all of them from either one.
Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:
ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Blockchair data" })
The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.
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